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Old 2nd Aug 2015, 20:24
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OZBUSDRIVER
 
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Yes, but once SL is on the books, it is impossible to remove.

How can you mount a case to parliament to disallow? What grounds do you use? It is like creampuff said eleven years ago-

If the argument is that strict liability is simply bad policy, because it’s bad to convict people for something they physically did, but didn’t intend to do, then that’s a different justification for opposing strict liability. That’s not a safety argument: it’s a general policy argument. If AOPA wants to put that argument to the Parliament, then AOPA’s going to have to come up with some convincing reason for treating participants in aviation differently from participants in (e.g.) driving. If you exceed the speed limit or the prescribed blood alcohol level in a car, it’s no defence to say you didn’t intend to. Why should aviation be different?
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